Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-02-21

more hardened criminal. Mr.. j. Nc
Elroy, by request, introduced bill into
the Senate for the purchase of Cold
Spring Park, in Milwaukee, at the price
of 100000, for the purpose of convert
ing it into State Playground. Mr.
Day has introduced bill to amend the
laws relating to peddlers. The law, if
Mr.. Days bill passes, will then read as
follows: mo person shall be allowed
to travel from place to place within this
State for the purpose of carrying to
sell, or exposing to sale at retail, or to
consumers, any goods, wares, merchan-
disc, notions or other articles of trade
whatsoever, farmers produce excepted.
whether by sample or otherwise, and
whether said goods, wares. merchan-
disc, notions or other articles of trade
whatsoever, are delivered at time of
sale or to be delivered at some future
day, unless he shall have obtained
license as peddler, as hereinafter pro-
vided; but this chapter shall not pre-
vent any manufacturer, mechanic or
nurseryman from selling his work or
productions, either by himself, his
family or employee, or prevent any
farmer from selling his own or'any
other farmers work or produce, either
by himself oraone of his family or any
employee, or any patent right dealer
from selling his own invention. in any
manner whatever, or to prevent any
person from selling or offering to sell at
wholesale to dealers only, any goods,
wares or merchandise whatever, or to
prevent any fish peddlers from selling
fish, or train boys from selling to per-
sons travelling on railroad trains. or to
prevent any resident Of this state, who
by being blind, deaf and dumb. manned
or crippled, is incapacitated from ordit
nary business or labor, or any honor
ably discharged union sailor or soldier
OF the late rebellion. from selling goods,
wares or merchandisewithou 8 license"
MIR. Day is kept actively at work as
Chairman of the Committee on Roads
and Bridges. The experience which
Mr.. Day had during the last campaign,
with broken arms and ribs, makes him
especially qualified for the chairman
ship of such committee. Whether
Speaker Mills knew or not that Mr..
Day had had his training in the school
of adversely and experience, he made a
most lucky hit in appointing man for
chairman of that committee who is as
careful as though he were driving over
eggs whenever he moves upon the roads.
The Tomahawk fight was supposed
to be settled last week and the bill
passed the Assembly, reaching the
Senate on Wednesday. The improve
ment men want one foot more put on
the dam at the Junction of the Wiscon-
sin and Tomahawk rivers, and the
Tomahawker3 are anxious To get at
work on the dam so that they can take
advantage of the, winter in getting
material ou'
tax monopolies. One to tax the express
companies two per cent. of their gross
earnings; one to tax short-ine telegraph
companies like telephone companies.
viz: Sl.00 per mile of wire. A bill was
introduced by Senator Rust limiting the
insurance laws of the State, so that no
person can insure building for more
than four-fifths of its actual value when
insured, and no person can collect more
than four fifths of the value of build
ing when destroyed. that is, four tifths
of the value at the time of the loss
Secretary Manning has at last re-
signed and there is great excitment
in political circles as to his successor.
II is said that Assistant Secretary Fair
child is Manning choice, but that the
men in authority in New York mean to
lay down the law to the President and
demand a bigger man. OF course that
bigger man can only be found in New
York
The city of Lyons Michigan is flooded.
One day last week the ice damned above
the bridge, turning the course of the
river and causing it to run through the